Home and school environmental correlates of childhood BMI

Ozbil A., Yesiltepe D., Argın G.

JOURNAL OF TRANSPORT & HEALTH, cilt.16, 2020 (SSCI) identifier identifier

  • Yayın Türü: Makale / Tam Makale
  • Cilt numarası: 16
  • Basım Tarihi: 2020
  • Doi Numarası: 10.1016/j.jth.2020.100823
  • Dergi Adı: JOURNAL OF TRANSPORT & HEALTH
  • Derginin Tarandığı İndeksler: Social Sciences Citation Index (SSCI), Scopus, Psycinfo
  • İstanbul Teknik Üniversitesi Adresli: Evet

Özet

Backgrouand: Active commuting to school can be a substantial opportunity to provide the necessary daily physical activity for children and to counteract childhood obesity. This paper examines the associations of urban form, in general, and street network design, in particular, with body mass index (BMI) in children aged between 12 and 16, controlling for socio-economic features (gender, educational attainment, income, and auto ownership) and daily physical activity (access mode to/from school and walking behaviour).